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Her speech was disrupted by a jeering group of protesters at the front of the crowd. Several England supporters were arrested after disrupting the match. Inevitably, this tragedy has seriously disrupted Rosie's schoolwork. A protester rushed into the studio, disrupting the news broadcast.
DISRUPTED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of disrupt 2. to prevent something, especially a system…. Learn more.
to prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected: Meetings with her lawyers did not disrupt the schedule. Commerce could be disrupted in a cyberterrorism attack. (Definition of disrupt from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
specifically : to successfully challenge (established businesses, products, or services) by using an innovation (such as a new technology or business model) to gain a foothold in a marginal or new segment of the market and then fundamentally changing the nature of the market.
Synonyms for DISRUPTED: fractured, broke, destroyed, reduced, disintegrated, ruined, fragmented, shattered; Antonyms of DISRUPTED: repaired, rebuilt, fixed, reconstructed, healed, renovated, patched, mended.
verb (used with object) to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference. to destroy, usually temporarily, the normal continuance or unity of; interrupt: Telephone service was disrupted for hours. to break apart:
1. (transitive) to throw into turmoil or disorder. 2. (transitive) to interrupt the progress of (a movement, meeting, etc) 3. to break or split (something) apart. 4. business. to challenge established methods in (a market, technology, etc) with the intention of changing the way it operates. Collins English Dictionary.
